}}'''Tar-Ardamin''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[taˈrardamin]}}) or '''Ar-Abattârik''' is sometimes listed in the list of rulers of [[Númenor]] but is sometimes omitted. He was the son of King [[Tar-Calmacil]], and if he is counted as one of the rulers, then he is the 19th in the line of [[King of Númenor|kings]].

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}}'''Tar-Ardamin''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[taˈrardamin]}}) or '''Ar-Abattârik''' is sometimes listed in the list of rulers of [[Númenor]] but is sometimes omitted. He was the son of King [[Tar-Calmacil]], and if he is counted as one of the rulers, then he is the 19th in the line of [[King of Númenor|kings]].<ref name="Kings">{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Ardamin</ref>

==History==

==History==

In private, the [[King's Men]] called him by a name in their own [[Adûnaic]] language: [[Ar-Abattârik]]. This King was the last to follow the practice of using an official [[Quenya]] name. His son [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] abandoned the old traditions, and used Adûnaic in his official name.

In private, the [[King's Men]] called him by a name in their own [[Adûnaic]] language: [[Ar-Abattârik]]. This King was the last to follow the practice of using an official [[Quenya]] name. His son [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] abandoned the old traditions, and used Adûnaic in his official name.

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Ar-Adûnakhôr is generally counted as the twentieth ruler.

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Ar-Adûnakhôr is generally counted as the twentieth ruler.<ref name="Kings"/>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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Ardamin contains the [[Quenya]] word [[Arda]] ("world"); the element [[min]] usually means "one" but in this name, it might also be understood as "pillar" or "tower" (cf. [[Sindarin]] ''[[minas]]'' "tower").

Ardamin contains the [[Quenya]] word [[Arda]] ("world"); the element [[min]] usually means "one" but in this name, it might also be understood as "pillar" or "tower" (cf. [[Sindarin]] ''[[minas]]'' "tower").

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== Genealogy ==

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{{familytree | | |CAL| | |CAL=[[Tar-Calmacil]]}}

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{{familytree |ARD| |GIM|ARD='''TAR-ARDAMIN'''|GIM=[[Gimilzagar]]}}

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{{familytree | |!| | | | | |}}

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{{familytree |ADU| | | | |ADU=[[Ar-Adûnakhôr]]}}

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==Other Versions of the Legendarium==

==Other Versions of the Legendarium==

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It should be said that there is some doubt over the character of Ar-Abattârik. He is listed in the detailed annals of ''[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]'' as the son of [[Tar-Calmacil]] and father of [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], but in Appendix A I (i) to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the relevant section of the King-lists appears like this:

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It should be said that there is some doubt over the character of Ar-Abattârik. He is listed in the detailed annals of ''[[The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor]]'' as the son of [[Tar-Calmacil]] and father of [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]],<ref name="Kings"/> but in Appendix A I (i) to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the relevant section of the King-lists<ref>{{App|Numenor}}</ref> appears like this:

{{quote|...[[Tar-Calmacil]]. After Calmacil the Kings took the sceptre in names of the [[Númenóreans|Númenorean]] (or [[Adûnaic]]) tongue: [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]]...|[[Appendix A]] I (i)}}

{{quote|...[[Tar-Calmacil]]. After Calmacil the Kings took the sceptre in names of the [[Númenóreans|Númenorean]] (or [[Adûnaic]]) tongue: [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]]...|[[Appendix A]] I (i)}}

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It seems most likely, as Christopher Tolkien suggests, that this omission is probably a simple mistake, and that Tar-Ardamin or Ar-Abattârik should appear in the list at this point.

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It seems most likely, as Christopher Tolkien suggests, that this omission is probably a simple mistake, and that Tar-Ardamin or Ar-Abattârik should appear in the list at this point.<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Note 11</ref>

Tar-Ardamin (Q, pron. [taˈrardamin]) or Ar-Abattârik is sometimes listed in the list of rulers of Númenor but is sometimes omitted. He was the son of King Tar-Calmacil, and if he is counted as one of the rulers, then he is the 19th in the line of kings.[1]

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History

In private, the King's Men called him by a name in their own Adûnaic language: Ar-Abattârik. This King was the last to follow the practice of using an official Quenya name. His son Ar-Adûnakhôr abandoned the old traditions, and used Adûnaic in his official name.